JavaScript required for full functionality. Enable JavaScript to use the interactive analysis tools.

AI chatbots could be making you stupider

Publication
BBC
Author
Melissa Hogenboom
Published
April 20, 2026
BS Rank
51.7% percentile (3,461 of 7,171)
BS Score
60.11%
Analysis source
gemini

AI chatbots could be making you stupider - gemini analysis on antibsmachine.

Top detected reasoning patterns

  • Negativity Bias: 20%
  • Appeal to Authority: 17.1%
  • Post Hoc (False Cause): 16.6%
  • Pessimism Bias: 12.8%
  • Confirmation Bias: 12.4%
  • Hasty Generalization: 11.2%

Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Keywords

AI Chatbots, Cognitive Offloading, Large Language Models, Brain Activity, Mental Effort